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Owl Creek
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · AZ · 32.96700, -109.30900
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Owl Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,390 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Owl CreekNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Owl Creek · Bureau of Land Management · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- HHardware25 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- LLaundry27 mi
- ShShower27 mi
- WWater34 mi
- EVEV fast charger54 mi
- DDump55 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 54-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Owl Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
3,390 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
32.96700, -109.30900
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Owl Creek · Bureau of Land Management · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGila River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townAragon Place · ~2.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesBashas' · ~5.9 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~26.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicMount Graham Regional Medical Center · ~26.7 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~26.1 mi
EV charging — from Owl Creek · Bureau of Land Management · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger53.9 mi straight-line SE — Lordsburg Chevron (Lordsburg, NM) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 12 within 100 · 105 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)55.4 mi — Lordsburg, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Lordsburg
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO90.4 mi — Walmart 3807 (Benson, AZ), Benson
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)24.5 mi — Best Western Plus - Safford (at a hotel) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 147649 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Owl Creek · Bureau of Land Management · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOwl Creek Campground · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomLimestone Trailhead (#84) · ~7.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSerna Cabin Picnic Area · ~11.1 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletVault Toilet 1 - Riverview Campground · ~11.3 mi SW · BLM
Open Owl Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Owl Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Black Hills Back Country Byway~10.9 mi
- Riverview Campground~11.3 mi
- Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area~11.8 mi
- Black Jack Group Cg~14.6 mi
How we know this — Owl Creek
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Owl Creek
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Owl Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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